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June 28, 2021
Jennifer Wilson
How to Spot a Cult
According to Amanda Montell’s new book, “Cultish,” the jargon and technical language of fanaticism is surprisingly common.
June 25, 2021
Magazine
Alex Pareene
Video Games Are a Labor Disaster
Why do game studios keep imploding?
June 25, 2021
Jessica M. Goldstein
We All Tried to Control Britney
The pop star is attempting to end her oppressive conservatorship, but it’s not just her father and a judge who robbed her of agency.
June 24, 2021
Noah Kulwin
An Origin Story for the Netanyahus
Joshua Cohen’s inventive new novel imagines Benjamin Netanyahu’s childhood, and digs deep into his father Benzion’s vision of Jewish history.
June 23, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Will We Ever Know What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows?
A Peacock docuseries raises important questions about Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate, but the answers remain a maddening mystery.
June 22, 2021
Magazine
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
The Millionaires Who Want to Abolish Extreme Wealth
In an unequal economy, even some of the winners are unhappy.
June 22, 2021
Jo Livingstone
Why
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Is this Year’s Perfect Summer Movie
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson’s exorcisms offer the fantasy that somebody can halt the world’s sufferings.
June 21, 2021
Chris Lehmann
What Made Gilded Age Politics So Acrimonious?
Fearful of increasing participation, elites of the era attempted to rein in democracy.
June 18, 2021
Sarah Weinman
,
Corey Robin
,
Laura Marsh
,
Kyle Chayka
In the Malcolm Archives
Four writers reflect on the legacy of Janet Malcolm, who died this week at 86.
June 18, 2021
Laura Marsh
Moving to Janet Malcolm’s America
In unflinching prose, Malcolm described the ordinariness of American life and the erratic impulses beneath the surface.
June 18, 2021
Natalie Shure
Meet the Villain of
In the Heights
: Alexander Hamilton
The protagonist of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s most famous musical helped build the world in which his modern-day heroes are struggling to live.
June 16, 2021
Alex Shephard
A Trump Memoir Would Be a Huge Seller, but No Major Publisher Wants to Buy It
The big publishing houses routinely push out political books that are less than truthful, but the former president’s lies seem to be a bridge too far.
June 15, 2021
Max Holleran
When the Government Supported Writers
The Federal Writers’ Project created jobs, built trust, and invigorated American literature. We should try it again.
June 14, 2021
Magazine
Kerri Greenidge
How Deep Is America’s Reckoning with Racism?
Juneteenth is an opportunity to recover the possibilities of history
June 14, 2021
Jo Livingstone
Impostor Syndrome
Explores the Secret Life of a Woman in Tech
In Kathy Wang’s spy thriller, navigating the pressures of the workplace is a lot like espionage.
June 10, 2021
Liza Featherstone
The Madness of Naomi Wolf
The “Beauty Myth” author has gone from being a feminist icon to an anti-vaxxer banned by Twitter. But she’s always struggled with the truth.
June 10, 2021
Scott W. Stern
The Political Imagination of Stacey Abrams
What ails democracy in her Supreme Court thriller, “While Justice Sleeps”?
June 7, 2021
Ian Beacock
Who Will Read Niall Ferguson’s
Doom
?
With big popular histories, Ferguson once aimed to influence a broad public. His pandemic book may resonate with a narrower audience.
June 4, 2021
Colin Dickey
Malcolm Gladwell’s Fantasy of War From the Air
“The Bomber Mafia” enthuses about precision tactics said to spare civilian lives. Except they didn’t.
June 2, 2021
Scott Bradfield
Charlie Brown Tried to Stay Out of Politics
Why did readers search for deeper meaning in the adventures of the Peanuts gang?
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